Improvement in machines for goring shoes



.I. H. GARDIN E'R' & A. 1. aoonw l N.

Machine for G o r i n 9 Shin es.

Patented Dec. 10, 1872 U ITED STATES JAMES H. GARDINER, OF

ATENT IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR GORlNG-SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,703, dated December 10, 1872 To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, JAMES H; GARDINER,

of Worcester, and ASAHEL J. GOODWIN, of

Brookline, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful or Improved Machine forGoring Shoes and we do hereby declare the same to be fullydes'cribed in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawing.

This invention is designed to be used in the inanufacture of boots andshoes having gores of elastic material in theirsides; and consists incertain novel devices or combination of devices applied to a machine for pasting or uniting the gores to the vamp and counter or other parts.

These devices include a guide-pattern constructed to cover the portion .of the gore which is intended to be left exposed when applied to the boot orshoe to be made, thus protecting said exposed portion from the paste or cement used to unite the gore with its adjacent parts; likewise, .said pattern serving as a guide to place or arrange such parts in proper relation for lappin gon or over the margins of the gore between said pattern and gages having the gore in between them. This guide-pattern may either be adjustable or -fixed; but it is preferred .to make it adjustable to suit different widths of gore, and to proeither side of the pattern, and thegore and its adjacent parts firmly pressed together and united. g

This straight action of the guide-pattern and presser is preferable to an up-and-down and lateral movement of parts and by means of our improvements not only may uniformity and rapidity of work be secured, but the pitch of gare and set of-a shoe be accurately insure Figure l in the accompanying drawing rep resents a sectional side elevation of a goringmachine constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2, a front view of the same;

Fig.'3, a horizontal section thereof at the line was; and Fig. 4, a horizontal section at the line 3 y.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre-- sponding parts throughout the several figures.

of the drawing.

A is the frame of the machine. Said frame may be of any suitable construction to carry, the operating parts and to provide, as by slides B (J, traveling within guides for a straight or up-and-down separate movement of the guide- Levers D E may be employed for raising and lowering, in their required order, the guidepattern and presser, said levers being conwhereby the gages may not only be set closer.

or further apart, but at difl'erent angles in relation with each other to adapt them to different widths, tapers, and pitches or sets of gore. The guide-pattern G is flat on its face and of varying width and tapering form, correspondin g with the shape or pitch of the gore, but narrower thanthe latter, so that when brought down the longitudinal sides or edges of said pattern lie parallel or thereabout with the guiding-edges of the gages I I, but at some little distance from the gages, so as to leave a marginal exposure of the gore J, as shown in Fig. 4. Said pattern is attached to the slide B by a projection, e, on its upper face, having a wedge-shaped dovetail recess in it arranged to fit a corresponding wedgeshaped projection on the lower end of the slide, whereby the guide-pattern may be read ily removed and another substituted for it,

to adapt the machine to right-and-left hand FFICE.

pattern and presser, which are attached to orconnected with the lower ends of said slides.

gores or to different sizes and pitches or sets ofgore; or such pattern may be permanently attached to its slide, and difi'erent machines having dilferent guide-patterns be employed to operate on different gores. It is preferred, however, to make said pattern removable and to provide it with a rear gage,f, adjustable in direction of the length of the pattern, to serve as a stop for the back end of the gore, or of each gore of a series in succession to fit against, to insure the proper disposition of each gore between the gages I I. It is also desirable, in some cases, to construct said pattern Gr adjustable in direction of its width, to adapt it to different widths of gore. This may be done by dividing the pattern longitudinally into two parts and connecting the same by oblique dovetailed slides g g and regulating the adjustment by an index, h. The presser H H consists of two bars or cheek-pieces set to correspond with the longitudinal sides or edges of the guide-pattern G, in close proximity to which, when down,they lie. Each bar of said presser may be made separately adjustable, to suit different widths and pitches or sets of gore; or they may be fixtures at the lower end of the slide 0 to work in connection with a fixed guide-pattern attached to the other slide B. To make them adjustable they may be formed with dovetailed slides t i in or on carryingplates la k, to vary' the distance of the bars apart, and said carrying-plates made capable of circular adjustment against or under upper plates Z Z attached to the slide 0 by means of springs and holding-screws m m, arranged to fit through curved slots n n in the upper plate,

for the purpose of varying the angular position of the bars relatively with each other and with the guide-pattern.

The operation is the same whether the guide pattern G and presser H H be adjustable or 1figxgd in relation with their respective slides Said operation is as follows: The gore J, to be joined to the contiguous leathers or portions of the shoe, being properly placed on the table F between the gages I I, which are made thin to conform to the thickness of the gore, and the guide-pattern G being brought down to bear firmly on the gore, and so as only to expose a marginal surface along either side of the gore, as represented in Fig. 4, the leathers or parts to be joined to the gore, being smeared gins of the gore, and to cover the latter at its portion that is left exposed after the junction has been made, thus protecting said portion from being smeared with paste. The presser or pressing-bars H H are then brought down over the lapping pasted portions of the adjoining parts, pressing them so that they firmly adhere to each other, after which the gore and adjoining parts may be permanently or further secured by stitching.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The guide-pattern G, arranged for operation in relation with the table F and gages I I, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

ing-bars H H with the guide-pattern G, the tab(l1e F, and the gages I I, essentially as specifie 3. The attachment to the guide-pattern G of an adjustable rear gage, f, substantially as described.

4. The construction of the guide-pattern G in two longitudinal parts or halves, adjustable in relation with each other, essentially as specified.

5. The construction of the presser of separate bars or cheek-pieces H H, adjustable independently of each other to vary their distance apart and angle or set in relation with each other and with the guidepattern, sub. stantially as described.

JAMES H. GARDINER. L. s. ASAHEL J. GOODWIN. L. s.

Witnesses:

CALEB S. BENsoN, D. M. BABCOCK.

2. The combination of the presser or press- 

